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From Paul Eggert.
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words from Paul about `|' with expr(1).
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m4 AC_PROG_GNU_M4 should actually be private to the package 2000-05-23 14:46:23 +00:00
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tests * tests/atgeneral.m4 (AT_CHECK): Fix a redirection problem. 2000-07-07 12:56:02 +00:00
acfunctions Fix the archive: some parts of the following patches were missing: 2000-05-26 17:12:01 +00:00
acgeneral.m4 * acgeneral.m4 (AC_DIRNAME): Use an `expr' solution instead of 2000-07-10 08:53:58 +00:00
acheaders more tweaks 1996-11-15 00:04:39 +00:00
acidentifiers various small adjustments 1994-08-23 15:04:53 +00:00
aclang.m4 * aclang.m4: Promote s,,, over s%%%, and sed prog' over sed -e 2000-07-10 08:43:55 +00:00
aclocal.m4 * doc/autoconf.texi (Limitations of Builtins): Document `unset'. 2000-05-24 13:00:34 +00:00
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acoldnames.m4 Revamp the autoupdate/AC_OBSOLETE chain. All the details are 2000-02-08 13:25:49 +00:00
acprograms various small adjustments 1994-08-23 15:04:53 +00:00
acspecific.m4 * aclang.m4: Promote s,,, over s%%%, and sed prog' over sed -e 2000-07-10 08:43:55 +00:00
acversion.m4.in The Associated Rewriters are even prouder to present... 2000-05-11 15:45:34 +00:00
AUTHORS * AUTHORS: Update. 2000-07-10 08:40:27 +00:00
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autoscan.in * autoscan.pl: Reindent using 2 spaces, not 4. 2000-04-11 12:06:12 +00:00
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ChangeLog * acgeneral.m4 (AC_DIRNAME): Use an `expr' solution instead of 2000-07-10 08:53:58 +00:00
ChangeLog.0 . 1995-06-23 02:57:42 +00:00
ChangeLog.1 * ChangeLog.1: Formatting changes. 2000-02-09 18:09:50 +00:00
config.guess Update foreign files. 2000-04-27 17:28:54 +00:00
config.sub Update foreign files. 2000-04-27 17:28:54 +00:00
configure * doc/autoconf.texi (Caching Results): Bigger warning about the 2000-06-13 09:31:55 +00:00
configure.in * acgeneral.m4 (AC_PACKAGE): Rename as _AC_INIT_PACKAGE. 2000-05-19 13:16:06 +00:00
COPYING fix a couple of bugs 1996-12-11 00:49:47 +00:00
ifnames.in Thanks to --program-transform-name, `autoconf' might be install as 2000-05-26 17:45:10 +00:00
ifnames.sh Thanks to --program-transform-name, `autoconf' might be install as 2000-05-26 17:45:10 +00:00
INSTALL * doc/autoconf.texi: Use @option' for options, not @samp' nor 2000-06-09 11:37:15 +00:00
install-sh 1999-02-26 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-02-25 18:31:19 +00:00
libm4.m4 Fix Autoconf/FIXME:. 2000-05-19 12:55:42 +00:00
Makefile.am Thanks to --program-transform-name, `autoconf' might be install as 2000-05-26 17:45:10 +00:00
Makefile.in Thanks to --program-transform-name, `autoconf' might be install as 2000-05-26 17:45:10 +00:00
mdate-sh 1999-10-31 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-10-31 01:54:28 +00:00
missing Update `missing'. 2000-05-25 16:31:12 +00:00
mkinstalldirs 1999-04-10 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com> 1999-04-09 21:44:01 +00:00
NEWS * acgeneral.m4 (AC_CONFIG_LINKS, AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, 2000-06-26 10:20:36 +00:00
README Spell checked ChangeLog. 2000-02-09 18:17:50 +00:00
README-alpha Fixed mistakes in README-alpha. 2000-03-03 16:45:19 +00:00
THANKS * aclang.m4 (AC_F77_LIBRARY_LDFLAGS): Keep -lm, if a Fortran 2000-07-07 08:49:18 +00:00
TODO * acgeneral.m4 (AC_CONFIG_LINKS, AC_CONFIG_HEADERS, 2000-06-26 10:20:36 +00:00

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